Raymond Ranjeva (born August 31, 1942) served as a judge on the

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from February, 1991 until February, 2009. He holds the following degrees: Bachelor's degree in law (1965),

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, Antananarivo; diplôme from Madagascar National School of Administration (1966); trainee in the Judicial Division of the Conseil d'Etat, Paris (1965–1966); diplôme d'études supérieures de sciences politiques,

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, Faculty of Law and Economic Science (1966); diplôme d'études supérieures de droit public,

(1967); Doctorate of Law, Panthéon-Assas University (thesis: "La succession d'organisations internationales en Afrique"); agrégé of the Faculties of Law and Economics, Public Law and Political Science section, Paris (1972). He served as Vice President of the

from 2003 until 2006 and as a Judge of the Court from 1991 to 2009, having won reelection in 2000. Prior to his election to the Court, he was a Professor of Law at the

from 1981 to 1991, the same university he earned a B.A. from in 1965. Furthermore, he also served as a lecturer at

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in 1987 and 1997.

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